I'm from South Africa. I've got 100% in the HackerRank test, and considered very good. My salary history is pretty depressing in comparison to others, although

I'm from South Africa. I've got 100% in the HackerRank test, and considered very good. My salary history is pretty depressing in comparison to others, although I was blissful in my ignorance until I met people who were open to talking about their salaries. 2008-1 Y0E-$12,000-Software Dev 2009-2 Y0E-$15,500-Software Dev 2010-3 Y0E-$17,000-Software Dev 2011-4 Y0E-$19,000-Software Dev 2012-5 Y0E-$23,000-Snr Software Dev 2013-6 Y0E-$27,500-Snr Software Dev 2014-7 Y0E-$31,000-Snr Software Dev 2015-8 Y0E-$34,000-Snr Software Dev 2016-9 Y0E-$43,000-Snr Software Dev 2017-10 Y0E-$54,000-Snr Software Dev 2018-11 Y0E-$63,500-Snr Software Dev Average rent per year is about $8,500. Average house cost is about $142,000 with interest rate of 10% pa. Income tax rate is about 40%. My biggest problem was working at the same company for about 9 years, cause after that my salary almost doubled. I'm seriously considering emigrating though, I'm working too hard and my savings are paltry.